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Portable Cooking Stove.

Patented Aug. 18, 1868.

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Letters Patent No. 81,163, dated August 18, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN PRTABLE GOOKING-STOVES.

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Be it known that I, OLIVER B. HALE, of Malone, in the county of Franklin, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Portable Stoves; and I do hereby declare that the following is full, clear, and ekact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a central sectional elevation, and

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My invention relates to improvements in portable cooking-stoves, the object ofwhich isto provide a more economical and convenient stove than those now in use.

' It consists of a circular Yor any other conveniently-shaped bed-plate, supported properly upon legs, providedwith a suitable central depression for an ash-chamber, having a door opening downward. From the said upper face rise vertically four or any other suitable number of brackets, supporting a top plate, which is pre. vided with a central hole for kettles, and which, when not in use, is covered in theordinary manner with a round cover. At a short distance above the bed-plate a hre-grate is supported. y

The said brackets are also provided with vertical grooves on their sides, and ,the sides of the stove are divided into sections, which are made to slide vertically in the said grooves from the top downward, through slots provided for them through the bottom plate, whereby communication may be yopened through the sides of the stove, with the lire at any desired place. I

` The cooking-vessels may be arranged to be suspended at the sides of the stove, when the said side plates are shoved down, thereby bringing the sides of the said vessels toward the stove directly in contact with the lire. v

A represents'the .bed-plate, provided with a central depression or ash-receptacle, A,and a 'swinging bottom, B.

C represents the grate.

D represents the vertical brackets rising up from the bed-plate at suitablevintervals, around the circum- `ference of the same. These brackets are provided with vertical grooves, a, which sustain the side sections E, and which are arranged to slide them from the top downward through slots in the bed-plate, corresponding in shape to the cross-section of the said side sections, which may be curved, straight, or of any desired angle to suit the desired form of the stove. v

F represents a boiler whose back is formed like one of the side sections of the stove, and is adapted to take the place ofthe latter. Said back is formed with side danges adapted to enter the vertical grooves in the nprghts D. To applyor attach the boiler to the stove, it is set upon the top of one of the side sections, and forced down, thus displacing the said section,.and presenting the inner face of the vsaid boiler directly in contact with the fire, when it is desired to heat the contents et it, or be raised above the tire when the same is not .to be heated. The said boiler may have a lug projecting downward from the bottom, provided with a holo,.and suitably arranged to hook over a pin in the upper edge of the said section, for the purpose of effecting the movement of the two parts in unison.

The said movable side sections ofthe stove are provided with springs G, under the bed-plate, arranged to bear upon the same with suihcient friction to hold the sections at any desired position.

The upper ends of the sectional plates are perforated with openings to allow the air to pass in over the lire when they are shoved up, and nothing is to be heated; but when 'they are shoved down, with a vessel above them, the side of which is brought into contact with the coals of the tire, the draught through these holes will -lead through the lower portion ofthe fire.

H represents rods suspended from the bottom of the stove to limit the downward movement of the sections, and to serve as guides for the lower ends of the sections.

The upper ends of the sections may be provided with pins or hooks, b, for suspending a griddle-or toastingapparatus over the top ofthe fir'e, by drawing the section down far enough from the top to insert the same below it.

Having thus described `my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure'by Letters'Patent- '1. A portable stove, whose sides are composed entirely of distinct sections, E, fitted to slide in vertical grooves, formed in the opposite sides of posts D, .substantially as herein shown and described, for the purpose specified. l

2. A stove provided with the vertical grooved ways or guides D, and with boilers or vessels F, arrangedto slide in the said ways, to be brought into or moved ont of contact with the lire,l substantially as and for the .purpose described.

3. The combination, with the sections E, of the springs G and guide-rods H, substantially as and for the purpose described'.

' 4. The sections E, provided with the pins or hooks b, for suspending a boiler or other similar apparatus over the lire, substantially as and for the purpose described. i

5. Perforating the sectionsE at or near theirupper edges, so that when said sections are shoved down for the attachment of a cooking-vessel, the draughts of air will be directed through the fire, or above the lire, when the sections are fully up to their places, substantially as herein described and represented. i

6. The combination, with' a stove, arranged as described, of the ash-door B, substantially as and for the purpose described. I

The above specification of my invention signed by m0,'ths 13th day of March, 1868.

' O. B. HALE. Witnesses:

J. J. SEAVER,

R. S. BELL. 

